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DataCebo launches enterprise version of popular open source synthetic data library

December 7, 2023

Long before most of us were thinking about large language models, DataCebo co-founders Kalyan Veeramachaneni and Neha Patki were creating an open source library called Synthetic Data Vault or SDV for short. The company’s roots go back to 2018 when both were working in the MIT Data Lab. They had a notion that beyond generating […]

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As a new AI-driven coding assistant is launched, the battle for AI-mindshare moves to developers

December 7, 2023

With the news that Microsoft’s Copilot is getting OpenAI’s latest models and a new code interpreter, it’s clear the battle over the future of AI is increasingly being fought at the developer and engineering level. If you can get developers hooked on “your” AI Copilot, then you will be able to better sell into that […]

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Avail rolls out its AI summarization tool to help Hollywood execs keep up with script coverage

December 7, 2023

Avail is tackling one of the many time-consuming tasks in film and TV development: script coverage. The new ChatGPT-powered summarization tool is designed to summarize scripts and books within minutes, producing detailed summaries, loglines, synopses, character breakdowns and tonal assessments. Avail also built a Q&A assistant to help production companies and talent agencies brainstorm ideas […]

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Tidal is cutting 10% of its staff as parent company Block seeks to reduce headcount

December 7, 2023

Music streaming service Tidal is laying off more than 10% of its staff, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. The move comes as the Tidal’s parent company, Jack Dorsey’s Block, recently told investors in a letter that it plans to cap the number of people at the company at 12,000. The layoffs news was first reported […]

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Early impressions of Google’s Gemini aren’t great

December 7, 2023

This week, Google took the wraps off of Gemini, its new flagship generative AI model meant to power a range of products and services including Bard, Google’s ChatGPT competitor. In blog posts and press materials, Google touted Gemini’s superior architecture and capabilities, claiming that the model meets or exceeds the performance of other leading gen […]

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Google launches migration tool ahead of Google Podcasts’ 2024 shutdown

December 7, 2023

In September, Google announced it would shut down its standalone podcasts app, Google Podcasts, sometime next year. Now that the end of 2023 is nearing, the company is today launching a migration tool that will allow U.S. users to shift their existing podcast subscriptions over to YouTube Music, which will be Google’s new home for […]

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